Cutty Sark Clipper Canvas Print
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Cutty Sark's name derives from the famous poem 'Tam O' Shanter' by Robert Burns. It is about a farmer called Tam who is chased by the scantily-clad witch 'Nannie', dressed only in a cutty sark an archaic Scottish name for a short nightdress. The most famous of tea ships is undoubtedly the Cutty Sark, preserved in dry dock at Greenwich, the only survivor of the many ships that year by year, raced home to London, their holds packed tight with chests of tea.